Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT17 S2 Q18 Explanation

Dillworth employs which one of

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Stimulus

Dillworth: More and more people are deciding not to have children because of the personal and economic sacrifices children require and because so often children are ungrateful for the considerable sacrifices their parents do make for them. However, such considerations have no bearing on the fact that their children provide the best make sacrifices for which little gratitude can be expected would probably be a mistake.

Travers: Your reasoning ignores another fact that deserves consideration: children's ingratitude for parental sacrifices usually stems from of parental values.

What this question is testing

Method

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

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The question
18.

Dillworth employs which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Trap17% picked this

    showing that considerations cited as drawbacks to a given course of action are not really

  2. Trap3% picked this

    exposing as morally suspect the motives of people who would make the choice

  3. Trap1% picked this

    indirectly establishing that a given course of action is obligatory by arguing that the alternative course

  4. Correct70% picked this

    distinguishing a category of person for whom the reason presented in favor of a given course of action is more telling than the reasons

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

    Skill tested: Method · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  5. Trap8% picked this

    using evidence that a certain course of action would be appropriate under one set of conditions to arrive at a general conclusion about what

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